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A MODERATE IMPROVEMENT
In the Commercial and Industrial
Outlook.

New YORK, Dee. 16.-R. G. Dun &
Co., in their weekly review of trade,
says: There is clear though moderate
improvement in the commercial and in
dustrial outlook, mainly due to grow
ing confidence that congress Will finally
do nothing prejudieial to business inter-
estS. At the same time it is at many
points observed that uncertainty in re-
gard to the action of congress tends to
restrict purchases and contributes to
the weakness in some markets. None
tary anxietieS diminish, and specula-
tion in products abates. Iron produc-
ton, by many considered reliable
barometer of business, falls little be-
low the unprecedented output Nov. l.
1t is held that new sales of rails for
next year do not yet aggregate more
than 100000 tons, and large buyers still
hold off. The statement that
single sale was made on terms netting
S3l is questioned, and transactions ag
gregating $4,000 tons are reported at
S32. Fine woods are quiet, and medium
woods stronger, though sales at low fig
ureS by weak parties are still men-
toned. Growers express confidence
that no reduction of duties will be
made, but the manufacturing demand
does not answer expectations. The dry
goods: trade, very moderate in all
branches, is particularly dull in wool
ems, and the stiffness in cOttOnS is at
tributed to scarcity of ready supplies
rather than to large fresh orders. The
boot and shoe trade improves, with bet
ter Western and good Southern buSi-
ness, and the leather market still favors
buyers. Curtailment in pork packing
is given as a reason for speculative
strength in pork products. BreadstuffS
have declined, wheat about 81 cents
during the past week, corn 23l cents
and oats fraction. The exports of
wheat and flour for five months
ending with November fall below
those of corresponding months
last year, and the decrease which ap-
pears in November. if continued through
the crop year, would leave large un-
sold surplus to be carried over July l.
Oil has not materially changed. Cotton
is shade stronger. No lack of money
checks speculative activity; on call the
supply is abundant. and the large de-
mand for money OH time is now fairly
met. Interior reports all indicate less
monetary pressure. though the market
at some points is still close. Complaints
of slow collections continue, but are
lSoo SOliCioi; p'ot piOoatlO 10 IOAONeoos
however, i'll an unusually large number
of failures. Foreign trade improves.
Though the figures and the course of
foreign exchange indicate that foreign
capital still moves to this country,
rather than out of it, the stock market
has declined on the average of about
seventy cents per share and grows dull.
The business failure during the last
seven days, number for the United
States, Psi, and for Canada, 81, or
total of 2SS, as against 254 last week.
and 2SS for the corresponding week of
last wear
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17

lie and pledges of the president in pros
tituting the civil service to partisan
purposes. We hold that those profesSed
friends of civil service reform who ae-
cept and follow this faithless action in
preference to the party which placed
the civil service law on the statute
books, are themselves untrue to their
professions. We condemn any back
ward step in this reform, and all hypoc-
risy i'll its administration.
Twelfth-We charge the Democratic
administration with trampling upon the
just claims of the soldiers of the repub-
lie, and with reopening the accepted
settlements of deplorable sectional
strife by ordering the removal of the
emblemS of such strife from the place
where they quietly Feposed in the
archives of the nation, and yielding
only after the indignant protests OF the
American people. L1atY
Thirteenth-UpOn this history and
these declarations we confidently Osum-
mon to our aid. not only the patriotism
of the country. but its labor. its indus
try, its commerce and its craftsmanship.
The repOrtWa unanimously adopted.
Delegate Eustis, of Minnesota, endeav-
Ored to call from the committee the res
olutiOn in regard to Secretary Lamar's
appointment to the supreme bench, but
was unsuccessful. ifsY
Adjourned till tomorrow morning.
The New York delegates at once met
and formed a state league
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
Took FOrcible Possession.

CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-This afternoon
the Chicago city officials took forcible
possession of the offices in the Hyde
Park city hall. The village officials and
out, and all the doors locked. The
but being threatened by the police sta
toned at the city hall they retreated.
The trustees have sent letter TO Mayor
Roche, i'll which they state that they
simply desire that the courts shall de-
eide the question whether the annexa-
ton has taken place, and asks the
mayor TO join them in ali amicable
effort to settle the question.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
Must Get Negro Hands.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. Dec. 16.-Five or six
years ago a cotton mill was established
in Charleston at cost of $50, 900. The
mill is now OH the verge of bankruptcy,
caused by inability TO secure enough
white labor to keep the machinery 60
ing. The president, in his report to a
meeting of the stockholders held yester-
day, says that the mill expected to be
able to obtain 400 white hands out of a
population of $1,000, but had failed. To
day there are but ninety-eight Charles
ton people i'll the mill out of force of
400. The stockholders are now discuss
ing the adviSability of putting up money
and trying the experiment OF running
the mill with negro hands.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
POwderly Better,

SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 16.-Mr. Pow
derly's condition late this afternoon
shows marked improvement, without
a recurrence of hemorrhage. DR.. Allen
feels much encouraged, and insists that
with proper rest and care there need be
no apprehension as to his patients re-
covery. He states that it will take some
time, even under the most favorable
conditions, before he is strong enough
to resume the duties of his office. Tom
O'Reilly has gone home.
POwderly slept half an hour this aft
ernoon and feels much refreshed to-
night. His quick rally from the serious
attack of Thursday gave great hope to
the family who now feel that his recov-
will be speedy. This is the first time
Mr., Powderly has slept.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
THE REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
Comments of the New York Pa
DerS on Their Convention.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-ln comment ng
on yesterdays session of the convention
of Republican clubs, the World says:
A cold wave swept along the Blaine
vertebral column in Chickering hall
yesterday when Mr.. Sherman's man.
Ryan, of Ohio. stepped upon the plat
form and waved his gavel over the
heads of the assembled Republican
clubberS. There was politics of pres
idential character in this, and lots of it,
too. The general impression is that the
Blaine men will swing the convention
to-day.
The Times says:
''If the delegates of the convention
are gathered without reference to any
candidate they show very marked
zeal for the absent leader The only
incident of the session yesterday Oc-
cured when. OH the roll call. the name
club. of the Sixth assembly district in
this city-a district in which there are
hardly as many Republicans as there
are in the convention. The name
brought out a burst OF applause. in
which very few of those present refused
to join. and these few were mostly from
Ohio. There is no doubt, from the tenor
of the talk among the delegates and
those who are watching them, that the
great body of them have come to organ
iZe for Blaine, and would not have come
for any other purpose. On the whole,
we believe that he is the strongest man.
Why? Because his friends will permit
no one else, if nominated. to be elected.
They will treat any rival of his as they
treated Mr.. Davenport i'll 1885,
The Tribune says:
The first day of the convention of Re-
publican clubs was all that could be de
sired. Mr.. Ryan's election was trib-
ute to Ohio. not less than to himself.
All through tie work of temporary or
ganization the convention manifested
most encouraging interest in the pur
pose it had in view and an Intelligent
comprehension of the effect its proceed
ings must have upon the country.
There was an entire absence of any dis
turbing element. 1t was plain that few
were there with an object of tearing
down and building up any personal am
btionS.
The Herald says: go
DIR. MacArthur'S prayer for the Re-
publican bosses who convened in Chick
ering hall yesterday. was eloquent,
timely. and greatly needed.
A POLITICAL MVLHATTON.
OWASHING TON, Dec. 16.-I. +. Barnes.
of the State Republican association, who
attended the meeting of Republican
clubs III New York, says that Blaine is
the strongest man in the state. He also
says that protection is an issue that will
cause a Republican majority of 10000 in
Minnesota next year.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
Favored Local Option.

New YORK, Dee. 16.-An audience Of
moderate number listened at CHECKER
ing hall tonight to speeches by Col.
John Atkinson, of Michigan: Galusha
Grow, of Pennsylvania: Hon. r. G..
HOrr, of Michigan; Judge Kinne, of
Youngstown, o.; Wallace Bruce, of
and others. Mr.. HOrr in his speech fa-
vored local option, and declared that
the condemnation of intemperance, in
serted in to-day's platform, placed the
Republican party right on the liquor
question
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17

Also all the leading English Poets in
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Wordsworth, Goldsmith, Pope, ,Spen-
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Shakespeare, Full Leather Case. handy
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volume, Eng. Morocco ..,........... 15 90
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Hoods
SarsapanMa

TIE severity OF which conlled her to The house for
fwo J:ar: Six months previous to taking Hoods
saTsapariiia she could no. get about her room with
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The Tortiiita Mines.

New YORK, Dec. 16.-The Star to-
morrow will publish a statement of the
dieting the allegations recently made
by the Herald against the manage
e han OF to 'h b eea das mnes are
paying basis, and the character of the
managers is supported by testimony
from men of the highest national repU-
tation. The articles of incorporation
show the capital is $1,000. .0O0-nOt the
eXtravagant sum of 10000, 600, as has
been asserted.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
The Call for Coal.

New YORK, Dec. 6.-Notwitnstand-
ing the panic that from time to
time threatened to break out
in the Western states, more
particularly as to probable coal famine
in the earlier part of the winter, Mr..
James III. MeCamant, sales agent of the
Reading Coal and Iron company here,
states that the Western demand will be-
gin to show an appreciable lessening
after to-day. Mr.. MeCamant further
states that reduction in prices may
soon be expected to follow.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17

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Received ROyaI Assent.

BosToN. Mass. Dec. 16.-A dispatch
from st. Johns, y. f., says the bait act
which was passed by the legislature of
that colony has received royal assent.
1t fOrbids the catching or sale of bait to
foreign fishermen, and goes into opera
ton JAN l. 40
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
Canadian Immigration.

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 16.-The total
number of immigrants arriving in Can
ada from Jan. to Nov. so was 13S. 162,
compared with 209,492 for the same peri
cd last year. The total number of pas
sengers to the United States from Can
ada for eleven months of 1887 reaches
65,621. as compared with 1887 for the
same period last year.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
Old Rut Valid,

SHAMoKIN, Pa, Dec. 16.-An old un-
satisfied mortgage, dated 1910, has been
found which affects the title to about
One-siXth of the real estate of this place.
The amount of the mortgage was orig
inally $4,000. The sheriff has officially
notified the land holders that he will
sell the property Dec. 80.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
Natural Gas.

SANTA ANNA, Cal. Dec. 16.-In bor
ing az artesian well i'll Fairyiew. six
miles from Santa Anna yesterday.Bat-
ural gas was struck in large quantities.
The boring is still in progress, and the
gas pressure is increasing. SER
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17
Xhittier'S Birthday.

ANS BURY, Mass, Dec. 16.-The
eightieth anniver sary of the birth of
Whittier was eele brated by the people
here to-day. There was a union meet
ing of all the schools, with appropriate
literary exercises, and the fellow towns
men of the venerable poet testified their
affection and esteem in various ways.
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-12-17

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SCROFULA

Probably no form of disease is so generally dis
tsibuted among our whole population as Scrofula.
Almost every individual has this latent poison cours
ing his veins. Tie terrible sufferings endured by
those afflicted with scrofulous sores cannot be
understood by Others, an1 the intensity of their
gratitude when they ind a remedy that cures
therl assonishcs n vel rcrson. We refer hy Der
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mission to Miss
Sarah C. Whittier,
Of Warner, Y. H.,
who was cured By
Hoods Sarsapariila
CT II Scrofula Sores
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Lost. Diamond Bracelet.

Dec. 4, Oh Dayton, Summit. Sixth street
OF College avenue: $50 reward to any
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Live Stock in Britain

Pleuro- pneumonia is still reported
! from Scotland to an extent sufficient to
| justify your government prohibition of
! the i'm port of neat cattle from that part
/ of the country, writes London CORES
| pondent to the Country Gentleman.
| FhIs is a blow to breeders of Poled Scots,
who have for some time past found some
| of their best customers in the Unite
| States, though the demand lately has been
| less brisk than it was a few years ago.
| The American demard for our Shire and
| Cleveland horses Is extensive Just now
and the Live Stock Journal reports
single shipment from Liverpool of near
ly a hundred head. The Cleveland is
just the class of horse for town work in
the United States, and even for farmers
also, as they like com paratively light
and decidedly brisk animal for the piow
and the harrow.
A government inquiry is being made
into the health of London dairy COWS,
with reference to what DR.. Klein calls
milk scarle'ina. l think it Is all a fad,
but it will serve TO advertise the doctor,
and will cause additional care TO be taken
of the animals themselves. As matter
of fact they are already marvelously
looked after; witness the well-known
heuoluS lOu udlEy OF Mf. llsutli, WHICH Is
sight that visitors from across the water
ought not to miss. ] know also several
of the less aristocratic COW houses of the
metropolis, and can speak of the general
care and heal Illness of those | have seen
far ahead of what one often meets
with even in Switzerland. Then, again,
the number of COWS kept within the
metropolitan area Is q fast decreasing
quantlty-the railways bring up the
country supplies, with undertaking pune
tuality, from aHywhere within radius of
200 miles. / regret to notice the failure
of the Short-horn Dairy Company in
Essex, which was established by Collin
son Hall under highly distinguished aud
encouraging aus pices. But they stuck
too closely to their name; high-priced
animals of that special breed are not
quite the sort tor filing the milk pail.
Meat traffic does not appear to be very
remuneratIVe at present. either from
America or from any other country that
aims at supplying the English market
The River Plate Fresh Meat Company
admits a loss of $4,000 on years trad
ing while the frozen csrcgsses sent from
Australia are not doing anything for the
exporters at present. Competition Is
doubtless the life of trade, but it some
times means death to the trader in q
financial sense.